Explore & Experience Ghana 🇬🇭 with Trans Mercyland Tours

Summer 2024.

30th June to 11th July, 2024.

Arrival Sunday 30th June, 2024.

Day 1

Our Staff will Pick the group at KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT in Accra on 30th June, 2024, and transfer them to a Comfortable hotel for Dinner and have a group discussion for 15 -25 minutes.

Day 2 Money 1st July, 2024

Breakfast will be ready around 08:30 am in the morning, and Accra City Tour start 5 minutes after breakfast.

Places To Visit

Jamestown:

Fort James is a fort located in Accra, Ghana. It was built by the Royal African Company of England as a trading post for both gold and slaves in 1673, where it joined the Dutch Fort Crêvecœur, and the Danish Fort Christiansborg along the coast of the then Gold Coast.

Makola Market

Makola Market is a renowned market place and shopping district in the centre of the city of Accra, the capital of Ghana.

It is massive, fast-paced, crowded, and lively with traders and vendors of all kinds: food, jewelry, clothing, shoes, luggage/handbags.

Independence Square

The square was built to commemorate the new nation's independence and promote the values of national unity and self-reliance. It was completed in 1961 and served as an inspiration for other countries on the African continent seeking independence from European colonial rule.

Day 3 Tuesday 2nd July, 2024

The Group will continue the City Tour after breakfast.

The Art Center

The Centre for National Culture offers artists and cultural workers an opportunity to develop their talents and works through cultural and artistic programmes/exhibitions. The Centre produces, collects, and exhibits various arts/crafts for sale or for educational purposes.

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park & Mausoleum

Dedicated to the memory of the late Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the memorial park was built on a former British Polo field where Ghana's independence was declared in 1957. The Mausoleum is a magnificent Marble Monument and the last resting place of the first President of Ghana and his wife, Fathia Nkrumah.

Day 4 Wednesday 3rd July, 2024

The Group will depart to Volta Region of Ghana after Breakfast.

The group will visit the Volta Lake for a Boat Cruise

This is one of the largest artificial bodies of water in the world, as seen by ESA's Envisat from 800 kilometres away in space. Lake Volta dominates the territory of the West African state of Ghana. Formed by the construction of the Akosombo Dam over the River Volta in the mid-1960s, it has an area of 8 482 sq km.

Tafi Atomy Monkey Sanctuary

Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary is where to experience wild but playful Mona monkeys that have been inhabiting the protected forest for over about 200yrs.

Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary is a traditional sacred grove conservation established in 1993 under the direction of a Peace Corps volunteer as a community-based ecotourism project. Tafi Atome is the home of mona and patas monkeys

Day 5 Thursday 4th July, 2024

Mountain Afadja is Ghana's highest peak and a hiking destination features valley views. It stands at an elevation of 885 metres.

Mount Afadja derives its name from the Ewe Word “Avadzeto” which means at war with the bush. 'Afadja' is the name of the mountain whereas 'to' in the Ewe language means mountain therefore it is called 'Afadjato' by the indigenes.

Wli Waterfalls

The Wli waterfalls is the highest water fall in West Africa located in Ghana. The falls is known locally as Agoomatsa waterfalls - meaning, "Allow Me to Flow." It is located in the Hohoe municipality of the Volta Region, the land of the Ewe culture. It is approximately 280 kilometers from the capital Accra.

Day 6 Friday 5th July, 2024

There will be an early morning departure to Ashanti Region of Ghana to Start our Tour.

The Ashanti Region is in a vast tropical rainforest belt dominated by impressive forest, large cocoa farms and picturesque settlements. Although is the largest.

The Ashanti Region of Ghana is a kingdom of gold, history and culture. Occupying a central portion of modern Ghana, the region is the hub of the ancient.

Places To Visit In Kumasi are Mamhyia Palace Museum

Manhyia Palace was built by the British in 1925 to receive Prempeh I when he returned from a quarter of a century of exile in the Seychelles to resume residence in Kumasi. It was used by the Ashanti kings until 1974; the current Asantehene now lives in a modern compound behind the museum.

The Museum building is of great historical interest and importance as it also houses the Museum's exhibits such as royal regalia, photographs, medals, furniture, drums and palanquins which are over two hundred years, a battle dress which dates back to 1900 and many objects of historical significance as well as effigie.

Okomfo anokye sword site

The 'immovable' sword driven into the ground by. Okomfo Anokye in 1695 remains for over 325 years. Several people have tried to take out the.

It is a historical landmark on the grounds of the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. Here Okomfo Anokye himself planted the legendary.

Day 7 Saturday 6th July, 2024

Bonwire Town

Bonwire is a town in Ghana, located in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal district within the Ashanti Region. The town is located about 18 km on the Kumasi-Mampong road. According to Akan oral tradition, Kente originates from Bonwire.

Bonwire is the home of the famous Akan Kente cloth. According to history, two friends from the town learnt how to weave by watching how a spider spun its web. The two brothers by name Kuragu and Ameyaw in around the middle of the 17th century were hunters by profession.

Kejetia Market

The Kumasi Central Market is an open-air market in the city of Kumasi. The Kejetia market is the largest single market in West Africa.

In 1954, the Kumasi Municipal Council acquired a large tract of land in the Kejetia area of the city and began construction on a new market. The new market, named Kejetia Market, was opened in 1957 and quickly became one of the largest and busiest markets in West Africa.

Day 7 Sunday July, 2024

The Group will depart early morning to Central Region of Ghana, Cape Coast after breakfast. The Central region boasts of many tourist attractions such as castles, forts and beaches dotted along the region's coastline.

The journey will take as about 3-4 hours drive. There will be a stop over at Assin Manso Slave River.

Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River Park was one of the largest slave markets for gathering people to sell into slavery during the slave trade.

They suffered abuse, they were starved and beaten into compliance by the hired drivers of the slave merchant. They were often attacked by wild animals, but unable to fight or run because they remained shackled and chained. Many lives and spirits were lost along this hazardous journey.

Day 8 Monday 8th July, 2024

Kakum National Park

Kakum National Park, located in the coastal environs of the Central Region of Ghana, covers an area of 375 square kilometres (145 sq mi).

This is Ghana's most visited natural attraction. The prominent landscape of the park is tropical forest accounting for 90% of the park landscape. It is one of three places in Africa that features a canopy walk through the trees. It covers a distance of 1,150 feet (350 m) while connecting through seven different trees.

Hans Cottage Botel (Crocodile Watching)

Hans Cottage is a Botel with environment carved out of the woods in a dense forest area. There is a lake that has crocodiles, weaver birds, egrets and other wildlife that calls Han’s home. The lake also offers sailing, fishing and boat riding to the amusement of guest. The Cottage also features an outdoor swimming pool, a garden and a terrace.

Cocoa Farm Visit

This experience is a game changer, giving you a guided tour through a real cocoa farm.

Day 9 Tuesday 9th July, 2024

Elmina Castle & Slave Dungeons Visit

Elmina Castle, fortified castle in Elmina, Ghana, that is thought to be the oldest surviving European building in Africa south of the Sahara. Built in 1482 by the Portuguese to protect the gold trade, Elmina Castle later became a major center of the transatlantic slave trade.

Built in 1482 by the Portuguese to protect the gold trade, Elmina Castle later became a major center of the transatlantic slave trade. The Portuguese had begun exploring the West African coast for both trading and Christian missionary purposes in the 15th century.

Elmina Town Tour

The Group will get or have the opportunity to interact with the local and experience the life of ordinary Ghanaian's.

Local Market Shopping

Its will be a great experience the structure of local Ghanaian market in the afternoon.

Drum & Dance Workshop.

Finally, a great way to remember. It involves teamwork, communication, eye contact and other helpful skills such as facing toward the audience and positive body language.

Day 10 Wednesday 10th July, 2024

There will a Batik Making classes after breakfast.

Tie-dye is a term used to describe a number of resist dyeing techniques and the resulting dyed products of these processes. The process of tie-dye typically consists of folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric or a garment, before binding.

Tie-dyeing, method of dyeing by hand in which coloured patterns are produced in the fabric by gathering together many small portions of material and tying them tightly with string before immersing the cloth in the dyebath. The dye fails to penetrate the tied sections.

The group will visit a cozy Beach for relaxation and experience the Local Ghanaian Beach looks like.

The group will visit Akomapa Village for a Drum and Dance performance in the evening.

Day 11 Thursday 11th July, 2024

Departure

Breakfast will be ready around 09:00 am Ghana time. And there will be a stop over at West Hill More for Shopping (to get some snacks, drinks) . And then continue our Journey to Airport Restaurants to have a Dinner.

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